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Don’t trash that old computer.Getty ImagesUpdated May 10 with another free option for Windows users.Microsoft is changing Windows Update. Secure Boot certificates were first issued in 2011 they begin to expire in June. Microsoft will automatically install new certificates on most computers. But for hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users, there are no new certificates. After the June expiration date, you will be at risk.When Windows 10 expired in October 2025, Microsoft rolled out a free year of extended support. This is available until October. You must register to protect these security updates. You will also receive new Secure…

IAt a time when faith in most institutions has declined, Americans still love Social security. But they are worried about the future of the 90-year-old pension scheme and how changes to it might affect their own personal finances and those of their parents and children.With good reason. Around 2033 the Social Security Old Age and Survivors Trust Fund (essentially a credit balance to the Treasury Department) will dry up. At that point, the Social Security tax dollars coming in won’t be enough to pay all the benefits. If Congress doesn’t act, pension checks will have to be cut by 23%…

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TAMPA, FL – MAY 9: John Cena speaks during WWE Backlash at Benchmark International Arena on May 9, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesJohn Cena’s big announcement at Backlash was pretty strong. I was afraid it would all be Club WWE related, and it wasn’t, although we learned a little more about the membership program. I also predicted that WWE was going to give the fans a say in some aspect of the booking. That happened and it will come in the form of the John Cena Classic. Here is a breakdown.Key…

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – SEPTEMBER 29: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Billie Eilish performs on stage during Billie Eilish HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: The Tour Kicks Off at Videotron Center on September 29, 2024 in Quebec City, Quebec. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live NationI’m not sure I can think of two more different names in Hollywood than 24-year-old pop musician Billie Eilish and 71-year-old director James Cameron, but they threw all the Grammys and Oscars into a pile and probably wouldn’t fit in a floating door. But now the two have teamed up for a…

The Government Accountability Office released a report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons Rape Elimination Act (PREA). So far, the act’s goal has not lived up to its lofty goals.gettyMore than two decades after Congress declared “zero tolerance” for prison rape, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows how far the federal prison system still has to go.The findings are heartbreaking. Thousands of complaints. Systematic blind spots. Monitoring tools that may measure compliance without actually detecting abuse. And a culture within prisons that still discourages victims from coming forward.To understand why this matters, it helps to go…

A content company known for moving video tracks around the fastest has just signed the largest customer contract in its history with a border AI lab. The structural read for tech buyers is bigger than the dollar amount.Akamai Technologies reveals in it first quarter 2026 earnings that a leading provider of frontier models based in the United States has committed $1.8 billion over seven years to Akamai’s Cloud Infrastructure Services. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matteridentified the client as Anthropic. Both companies declined to comment on the identification. The stock closed up 27% on May 8, its biggest one-day…

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, receives the IEEE Medal of Honor with Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE 2026 Chair in the backgroundIEEENote that I was IEEE President in 2024.]Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, was awarded the $2 million IEEE 2026 Medal of Honor at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in New York. He donated the entire prize money plus an additional match from the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation to support the next generation of engineers. Specifically, the combined prize money will be used to fund new graduate fellowships in computer science and to support hands-on STEM education initiatives, known…

The Supreme Court has recognized that government requests for donor lists are sufficient to raise First Amendment concerns.gettyA recent US Supreme Court ruling suggests that sensitive donor information may be protected—for now.On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport that a New Jersey nonprofit had standing to challenge a state subpoena seeking information from its donors. The nation’s highest court overturned a lower court ruling that said the group had to wait until the subpoena was actually served.The Court held that the nonprofit did not have to wait for the government to…